Handmade Weddings: Vintage Wedding Decor With Grey Likes

Grey Likes curator Summer Watkins is a stylist for commercial, editorial and lifestyle photo shoots. Under the guise of her nom de plume, Grey, Summer Watkins compiles and blogs stylish finds for voracious lovers of the good and pretty. She’s an advocate for the proper treatment of details and is over the moon for fierce creativity and brave color palettes. You can see more of her discoveries at Grey Likes Weddings, Grey Likes Nesting and Grey Likes Baby.

As a stylist, one of my favorite ways to add character to a scene is by adding vintage items. For a wedding, you don’t have to blow your entire budget on purchasing only old-time pieces, but rather look for a handful of items that really stand out. You can incorporate these unique finds into the decor of your wedding for an instant dose of personality and charm. It doesn’t take much to infuse your wedding with a little vintage flair!

These inspiration images are from a photography workshop I styled in Orange County. Along with Megan Gonzalez from MaeMae Paperie and florist Lauryl Lane, I put together a pretty table full of vintage finds, including mix-and-match vessels for flowers, such as milk glass vases, pitchers, gravy boats and an old silver tea set.

We created a DIY bar, and I loved how our vintage decanters added to the flair of our theme. I think that these Price Display Stands from Old Ohio Farm Finds would be a really fun way to number your tables in a creative fashion! Don’t forget that little touches like vintage hankies and a vintage camera can add a little something to your wedding decor as well as your own home!

And although it isn’t actually vintage, I just couldn’t resist sharing the Just Married banner from B Poetic. It’s altogether the most perfect addition to a vintage inspired wedding! See more of Etsy’s unique decorative finds in the Related Items below.

Do you have any recommendations for shops with eye-catching wedding decor?
Share them with us in the comments below.

Beautiful details! I love shopping vintage because so many vintage home decor pieces inspire me to use them in variety of ways (rarely as originally assigned) & they have true old souls - impossible to experience in contemporary mass-produced items!

What beautiful ideas! The pictures remind me so much of my own wedding! It was such an amazing day, it's crazy to think it's been almost a year (July 17th) since my husband and I said the old I Do's! I would do it again tomorrow! :)

I love all of these very personal wedding designs. I think handmade or at least incorperating some handmade things into your wedding is so much better. I didn't think about that back when I got married many many years ago (31) to be exact. Now that's the going thing and I know it's so much more personable and better whatever your style is.

oh, your images are so dreamy, just breathtaking...I love the idea of adding vintage items to a wedding, especially items the bride and groom can use in their home after the wedding and have nice memories everytime they use them, the items would also be great to pass on to children and grandchildren in years to come...Thanks so much Summer for including our shop.

Some absolutely gorgeous items!
I have some items for weddings in my shop that I'd like to recommend if I may:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/48034327/love-pillow-cushion
http://www.etsy.com/listing/47642337/hessian-love-bag
http://www.etsy.com/listing/39921971/folk-art-love-card-deep-red

Lovely collection! Those old five-&-dime store price stands are also fabulous for creating an eye-catching booth at art/craft shows.
For more outside the box vintage wedding accessories, I recommend our vintage shop, asundrynotion.etsy.com, for time-worn antique bottles that can double as unique bud vases, romantic vintage fabric & textiles, antique silverplate serving pieces, an antique Japanese planter that would make a novel centerpiece for 'zen' inspired wedding and a whole lot more!

Beautiful. At my sister's wedding a few years ago we used vintage silver trays, short candlesticks and made silk flower roses arangements which went into the goblets. The silk flowers and pink candles all came from dollar stores and liquidator stores and ended up looking pretty matched with all the silver. Afterwards, the company that rented chairs, tablecloths and tables discounted the bill in exchange for all the trays.

I just want to jump into those photos on a warm summer night. Gorgeous flowers, light and cushiness.
Great atmosphere but those suitcases look like mine about 20 years ago.
I did not know they are now considered antique. Too funny!! Thank you for sharing your talent!

Absolutely stunning s0ooo s0ooo pretty & romantic with a vintage feel this would be my dream wedding! its like a fairy tale ever after.
Thanks so much for sharing this i will be day dreaming of this beautiful display all day :o)

Wow! So beautiful and what an inspiring post!
We have just introduced some wooden charms into our shop that would be lovely for weddings
http://www.etsy.com/listing/47900752/wooden-charms-from-the-beach-house